"Ah..." Jin Suting thought, the gift she wanted to give to the Queen Mother must be exquisite, high-end, and classy! But she was very poor now, very poor, and she didn't know what to give that would satisfy the Queen Mother without making her look embarrassed.
Helan Ruizhe saw her embarrassment, pondered for a moment, and then said, "You still don't like being the Crown Princess?"
"Ah?" Jin Suting mentally calculated her remaining assets. When Helan Ruizhe suddenly said this, she said, "Not really. I just don't know what to give."
Seeing Helan Ruizhe's relieved expression, Jin Suting felt a little regretful about saying those cruel words to him. His cautious look now made her feel very uncomfortable.
She might as well tell him everything she was thinking, to avoid the hassle of explaining herself later, which she dreaded most. She said, "It's not that I don't want to be the Crown Princess, but I promised the Queen Mother that I wouldn't like you, and I also said... even if I told you, you wouldn't like me."
The light in Helan Ruizhe's eyes lit up for a moment, but her next words made people at a loss as to what to do. No wonder the Queen Mother smiled so happily when he rushed to the palace because Jin Suting was suddenly summoned that day.
It turned out to be because of her promise.
Helan Ruizhe didn't say anything, but just drank the glass of water in front of him.
Jin Suting whispered again, "It's not just that. Sister Yu and Tang Ruozhi are too powerful. I can't compare to them."
Helan Ruizhe looked at her and said, "You beat them in the polo match."
"!!" Jin Suting thought about it and it seemed so, but later Qin'er told her that Helan Ruizhe deliberately let her win in the polo match, so she won the first place.
Besides, the Queen Mother did not admit that she won.
Thinking of this, she was like a deflated ball, "Well, the Queen Mother didn't recognize me in that game..."
"I admit it." Helan Ruizhe uttered three words lightly.
Jin Suting stared at him with wide eyes, an expression that said "Are you serious?"
Helan Ruizhe chuckled and said, "I'm serious. I get to choose my Crown Princess. It was the same at Zuixianlou and the polo field."
Suddenly, she met Helan Ruizhe's bright eyes, as if stars had hit her heart, her heart skipped a beat, as if time had stopped at this moment, and a blush crept up her cheeks.
Jin Suting's heartbeat was getting faster and faster. She lowered her head and closed her eyes, not daring to look directly into Helan Ruizhe's eyes.
Ask yourself in your heart, do you like him?
If she said she liked him, Jin Suting had never seen his face before, so this liking was too informal; if she said she didn't like him, the feeling of being moved by him would never lie with her blushing cheeks.
So, yes, I like it. I like it.
"The dishes are here—" The waiter came up with two more plates, and a bottle of fruit wine was placed on the plates.
"Did you order this?" Jin Suting looked up and noticed the bottle of fruit wine, so she asked Helan Ruizhe.
He nodded casually: "Yeah, I remember you like it."
It turned out that Helan Ruizhe asked Jin Suting to add it at the end when she ordered the dishes.
He remembered that Jin Suting loved to drink fruit wine.
Jin Suting didn't even move her chopsticks. She felt so rude just now that she had to eat all the dishes before they were served.
"Are you hungry?"
Helan Ruizhe shook his head: "Not bad."
"Why don't you eat something first."
Helan Ruizhe poured a glass of fruit wine for Jin Suting and said, "If you want to eat it, you can. It's okay. I don't mind."
……OK.
Jin Suting took the fruit wine and took a sip. He was really a little aloof today and spoke very little. Could it be that he was really nervous?
She doesn't eat people.
She started to find a topic to talk about: "What do you like to do in your daily life?"
Helan Ruizhe sat upright, his palms slightly sweaty. He tried to smile naturally: "Practicing martial arts and calligraphy."
Speaking of practicing calligraphy, he remembered that when he was practicing calligraphy this morning, the entire piece of rice paper was densely covered with someone's name.
I want to laugh, but I hold it back. I don’t know where this nervousness comes from.
Jin Suting: "Why are you so reserved? If you want to laugh, just laugh. Don't hold it back. We are friends for life! We are friends!"
They act like good brothers.
Helan Ruizhe's face darkened instantly.
When will Jin Suting change her outspoken character? She just kept saying that she wanted you to be her wife, but why don’t you get it?
Maybe he has gotten it, but his mouth is not open.
"Well, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that there's no need to force things between us, isn't it..."
"What I mean is, we can relax a little more and be like before. That would be great! It's not... I..."
Wait, she seems to be making things worse.
"Actually, I think being a princess is pretty good. I'm willing to do it, I can do it, I can do it!"
Helan Ruizhe was stunned for a moment, trying to hold back his laughter but failed, and finally burst out laughing.
"I know, you can do it, you can do it, I believe in you."
Jin Suting was so embarrassed that she felt hurt. If he hadn't said so little today, would she have been able to force herself to tell the truth?
"It's not funny at all." Jin Suting was unhappy, "The problem is that it's useless now that I'm willing..."
"Who said it's useless?" Helan Ruizhe was very happy that Jin Suting finally faced the problem directly. "I'll take care of grandma's problem. You just need to be responsible for liking me."
"Who," Jin Suting was embarrassed, "Who said I like you?"
Helan Ruizhe looked at her, stopped smiling and talking, and suddenly felt that the shy Jin Suting was like a groundhog, hiding in the soil and unwilling to come out.
"Whether you like me or not, I love you anyway." The tone was like a child throwing a tantrum, childish but very touching.
Jin Suting looked up at him in fright, looked into his eyes, which were filled with her, then quickly lowered her head and hid back in her bed.
Helan Ruizhe hadn't expected it to come out like this, and he obviously hadn't planned to confess so early.
But no one can control feelings, and he is very satisfied with Jin Suting's current reaction.
It's because he's shy, instead of saying he's annoying and telling him to get lost.
After a long while without her looking up, Helan Ruizhe asked, "Are you shy?"
Jin Suting's shoulders suddenly twitched and shrugged, looking so thin that it was heartbreaking.
Helan Ruizhe walked over, squatted down, and said with concern: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Jin Suting tilted her head to look at him with red eyes, her face covered with tears and snot. Helan Ruizhe wiped her face clean with his sleeve, and stroked her tear-soaked eyelashes with his fingertips. He said in a gentle voice: "I was too anxious. I'm sorry."
Jin Suting slapped his hand away, sobbing and whimpering, "It's all your fault. I'm done for! I promised the Queen Mother that you don't like me!"
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